Oil & Gas NewsOil & Gas news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Stewart Enterprises rejects buyout by Houston-based SCI- July 15, 2008 Funeral provider Stewart Enterprises has rejected a buyout offer from Houston-based Service Corporation International.http://www.topix.net/business/oil-gas/2008/07/stewart-enterprises-rejects-buyout-by-housto... TNK-BP's Russian, British shareholders fail to agree: report- July 15, 2008 Russian and British shareholders of joint oil venture TNK-BP failed to resolve the group's ongoing internal management dispute during its board meeting in Cyprus, the Russian side said on Sunday.http://www.topix.net/business/oil-gas/2008/07/tnk-bps-russian-british-shareholders-fail-to... Duvernay Oil investors reap gusher as Shell proposes $5.9-billion takeover- July 14, 2008 Global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC is acquiring Duvernay Oil Corp. of Calgary in a rich C$5.9 billion deal that will nearly double Shell's North American natural gas output.http://www.topix.net/business/oil-gas/2008/07/duvernay-oil-investors-reap-gusher-as-shell-... Black Hills and Great Plains close Acquila deal- July 14, 2008 Black Hills Corp. of Rapid City and Great Plains Energy Inc. of Kansas City say they'll formally close their purchase and merger of Aquila Inc.http://www.topix.net/business/oil-gas/2008/07/black-hills-and-great-plains-close-acquila-d... Toreador Retains Merrill Lynch To Explore Strategic Alternatives- July 14, 2008 Toreador Resources Corp. , Dallas, has retained Merrill Lynch & Co. to explore strategic alternatives for the company.http://www.topix.net/business/oil-gas/2008/07/toreador-retains-merrill-lynch-to-explore-st... Venezuela's Chavez Says Oil Could Reach $300- July 14, 2008 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says oil prices could hit $300 per barrel if U.S. oil company Exxon Mobil again freezes Venezuelan assets in a dispute over a nationalized oil project.http://www.topix.net/business/oil-gas/2008/07/venezuelas-chavez-says-oil-could-reach-300?f... TransCanada's Kibby windpower project gets approval in Maine- July 14, 2008 TransCanada Corp. has received final development plan approval for its Kibby wind power project from Maine's Land Use Regulation Commission.http://www.topix.net/business/oil-gas/2008/07/transcanadas-kibby-windpower-project-gets-ap... Petro-Canada Expects Edmonton Refinery to Reopen Soon After Boiler Problem- July 13, 2008 Petro-Canada , the country's second- largest refiner, expects to resume production at its Edmonton, Alberta, refinery in the next few days'' after the plant was closed because of a water boiler equipment ...http://www.topix.net/business/oil-gas/2008/07/petro-canada-expects-edmonton-refinery-to-re... Russian tax inspectors said to make new demands on TNK-BP- July 13, 2008 MOSCOW : Russian tax inspectors have presented TNK-BP, BP's troubled Russian oil joint venture, with a new demand only hours after Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain had raised the issue of official ...http://www.topix.net/business/oil-gas/2008/07/russian-tax-inspectors-said-to-make-new-dema... Wall St falls on energy shares, bank worries- July 13, 2008 By Ellis Mnyandu Reuters Tuesday, July 8, 2008; 11:54 AM NEW YORK - Stocks fell in volatile trading on Tuesday as a pullback in oil prices hit shares of energy companies and investors fretted about predictions ...http://www.topix.net/business/oil-gas/2008/07/wall-st-falls-on-energy-shares-bank-worries?... |